Davy

English

Alternative forms

• Davie

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvi

Proper noun

Davy

1. A diminutive of the male given name David.
2. A patronymic surname derived from David.

Derived terms

• Davy lamp
• Davy Jones
• Davy Jones’s locker

Quotations

• ~1599 William Shakespeare: Henry the Fifth: Act IV, Scene I:

  Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate

  Upon Saint Davy's day.

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French

Proper noun

Davy m.

1. A surname derived from David.
2. A male given name of modern usage.

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Manx

Proper noun

Davy m.

1. A male given name, Manx equivalent to David